Last updated: 09 November 2010
The Coalition Government has published its draft Structural Reform Plan for political reform.
Structural Reform Plans, to be published by all Departments, are the key tool of the Government for making departments accountable for the implementation of the reforms set out in the Coalition Agreement. They set out clear priorities and give the public the opportunity to check departments meet their commitments.
The draft plan on Political Reform sets out a timescale for delivering reform in the areas of:
Political Reform Draft Structural Reform Plan [External PDF]
Regular monthly progress reports on departments’ SRPs are being published to promote transparency and accountability across Government and to allow people to check that departments are meeting their commitments.
The UK Government recently considered its policy on pre-release access to official statistics, which came into force on 1 December 2008. The review identified that further tightening of the rules on pre-release access is very likely to impact on Government’s ability to be properly accountable to the public. This report provides further details of the review and its findings.